# Skip challenges
Tracks have an optional setting to allow challenge skipping. This is useful when learners are stuck on a certain challenge or have partially completed a track and want to pick up where they left off.
## **Who can skip challenges?**
Regardless of any configuration, the following people can always skip challenges:
* All team members
* Track authors
Instructors can only skip challenges if they are also a team member or a track author. Otherwise, they follow the same rules as learners.
Learners can only skip challenges if you specifically enable that functionality.
{% hint style="warning" %}
If you enable skipping, learners will be able to skip every challenge in a track. You cannot turn on skipping for specific challenges.
{% endhint %}
### Skip button visibility
The **Skip** button is shown when:
* You are a team member or track author (owners, content creators, and members always see it), **or**
* `Allow skipping` is enabled **and** every challenge that has a check script also has a solve script.
If a challenge has already been completed, the Skip button is hidden and **Next** is shown instead.
## Before you begin
There are two requirements to enable challenge skipping for a track:
* You need to be a track author of the track.
* All challenges that have [check scripts](/sandboxes/lifecycle-scripts.md#challenge-check-script) must also have [solve scripts](/sandboxes/lifecycle-scripts.md#challenge-solve-script).
The below is an example of a track, where the Skip button will not be available on any of the challenges:
Challenge
Has a Check script
Has a Solve script
Note
1
✅
✅
2
✅
✅
3
✅
❌
This challenge will prevent skipping
4
✅
✅
5
❌
❌
This challenge would not prevent skipping as there is no check AND no solve script
{% hint style="warning" %}
The 'skip' functionality will be disabled for all challenges if even one challenge has a check script but is missing its corresponding solve script.
{% endhint %}
## Enable challenge skipping
You can enable challenge skipping using the Web UI or the Instruqt CLI.
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="🌐 Web UI" %}
1. Click the track you want to enable skipping on.
2. In the **Settings** section, turn on the **Allow skipping** toggle.
{% hint style="info" %}
If you cannot toggle **Allow skipping**, ensure that every challenge with a check script also has a solve script.
{% endhint %}
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="💻 Instruqt CLI" %}
1. Open the `track.yml` file of the track you want to enable skipping on.
2. Add or adjust the `skipping_enabled` property:
```yaml
skipping_enabled: true
```
3. Save `track.yml` and push the changes to Instruqt:
```xml
instruqt track push
```
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
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